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Big 12 defensive player of the year suspended for LSU-TCU game

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TCU defensive end DevonteÂ Fields, left, pressures Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt last season. Field as selected as the AP's Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, but he has been suspended for the Horned Frogs' 2013 season opener against LSU.
(Associated Press)

FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."Fields will miss the season opener vs. LSU in the Cowboy Classic at Cowboys Stadium.

Coach Gary Patterson announced the suspension of the Big 12 defensive player of the year in a one-sentence statement Wednesday. Patterson didn't immediately return a message left on his cellphone. School officials had no further comments or details about the statement.

As a freshman last season, Fields had 18½ tackles for losses and 10 quarterback sacks. Along with being voted the league's top defender, he was the Big 12 defensive newcomer of the year.

The Horned Frogs open Aug. 31 against LSU at Cowboys Stadium. They play Southeastern Louisiana at home the following week.